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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: kelechi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:36:01 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20BARR=2E=20CHIMEZIE=20N=2E/URGENT=20RESPONSE=21=21?=

Good day to you,

I am Barrister Chimezie N.kelechi, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney
and Legal Representative to "Mr.George Cooper", a national of your country,
who used to work with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st
of April 2001, my client, his wife and their three children were involved
in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since
then, I have made several Enquirer to your Embassy to locate any of my client's
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence,
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client
in a Security Company here in Ghana.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the two
trunk boxes containing $15Million(Fifteen Million United States Dollars
Only) does not know the content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them
Consequently, the Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin
to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten official
working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased
to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country so that
the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by the security company.

Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to
meet with you for the disbursement of the fund, and then you and me can
share the money 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary legal documents
that can back up any claim we may make with the Security Company.

All I require is your honest co-operation and this fund can only be claimed
with the help of a forigner please do not let the friut of this innocent
man to go into the hands of the corrupt government afficail we have to act
very fast to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
by my secured and confidential
May God bless you.

Best regards.
Barrister Chimezie N.kelechi (Esq.),

NB: Please do get back to with this stated email address:(chimezieninadika@yahoo.co.uk)
, for more informations.





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